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As the film world lurched through the 1920s a new genre, the screwball comedy, was emerging. Miss Bluebeard is one of those nascent efforts. A tale of mistaken identity, a mistake wedding, and too many women on hand make for a pleasant romp. Despite the poster shown here, this film is set in Paris and London, not the mysterious East. Bebe Daniels is quite delightful as a famous french actress. The male characters are all POSH British gentlemen with more ladies than they know what to do with. Martha Madison as Lulu has an amazing supporting role as one of those women., She can apparently bend in any direction! Quite fun.

Daniels is perhaps better known for her tour de force in 42nd Street and her radio work in London with husband Ben Lyon during WW II, but her silent films are usually a treat. All in all this film is worth a look and can be found on YouTube Premium.

Yet another US silent film discovered in Europe, the Netherlands to be exact. Painstaking restoration by EYE and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Lots of credit to go around, I'd particularly like to acknowledge Rob Byrnes, the president of SFSFF, a scholar, collector and all around good guy whose devotion to silent film is evident in this restoration.

This print is very nice and the film is worth watching. These mostly forgotten actors turn in a good performance and the inadvertent documentary of the streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1920s make for an interesting film even though the story-line is a little far fetched. Worth a look, for sure.

Leave it to DeMille, Bessie Love and Harrison Ford to squeeze the last drop of fun out of an otherwise mundane scenario Actually this movie is quite a romp and offers some good laughs, especially if you know a little about automobiles and travel in the 1920s, Bessie Love is, as always, delightful and Harrison Ford is steady as usual. He often seemed to be paired with the best leading ladies, e.g., Love, Clara Bow and Constance Talmadge, and generally rises to the occasion.

The film also serves as an "inadvertent documentary" with many glimpses of 1920s American life. Depicting toil and trouble on the road like the Joads, but not quite as bad. Miles of smiles, as they say.

I must say I had no idea of how many great silent titles are available on YouTube Premium. Some have great scores, some have haphazard and annoying music and some have no accompanying music at all, But It's a new treat for me to see new , mostly unfamiliar titles and revisit old favorites. Check it out.